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JUBA/BEIJING — South Sudan freed Sudanese prisoners of war yesterday in a gesture it hopes will defuse tensions between Khartoum and Juba whose armies have been embroiled in escalating cross-border fighting that has threatened to tip into all-out war.
Tsvangirai vows to have Dimaf expeditiously disbursed
Chronicle Reporter
PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday pledged to ensure that the Distressed Industries and Marginalised Areas Fund
Prime Minister’s case: Chief’s ruling set aside
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter
THE High Court has set aside a decision by Chief Negomo, Mr Luscious Chitsinde’s, court to convict and fine Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai over his alleged marriage to Ms Locadia Karimatsenga in the sacred month of November on a technicality.
The judgment leaves room for whoever complains against the PM’s behaviour to institute fresh proceedings against him.
Justice Bharat Patel cited several irregularities in the whole process in dismissing the judgment and the order of Chief Negomo’s community court.
“In the result, it is ordered that the proceedings, judgment and order of the Negomo Community Court in case Number GCD 424/2011 be and is hereby annulled and set aside,” ruled Justice Patel.
“The proper plaintiff in this matter is given leave to institute proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction for the case to be heard de novo in that court.
Sata arrives on 3-day State visit
Sydney Kawadza and Takunda Maodza
ZAMBIAN President Michael Sata arrived in Harare yesterday for a three-day State visit during which he will officially open the 53rd edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair tomorrow.
President Mugabe, the First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe, Vice Presidents Joice Mujuru and John Nkomo welcomed President Sata at the Harare International Airport.
Also present were Defence Minister Emme-rson Mnangagwa, State Security Minister Sydney Sekeramayi, Foreign Affairs Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi, Media, Information and Publicity Minister Webster
Shamu, Local Government, Rural and Urban Development Minister Ignatius Chombo and Zanu-PF chairman Cde Simon Khaya-Moyo and senior Government officials.
Several ambassadors accredited to Zimbabwe were also at the airport to welcome him.
President Sata inspected a guard of honour mounted by the Presidential
Madhuku’s NCA collapses as donor funds dry up
Farirai Machivenyika Herald Reporter
THE National Constitutional Assembly is teetering on the brink of collapse as donors have reportedly stopped funding it.
No money has been flowing and workers at NCA headquarters in Harare were two weeks ago sent on unpaid leave and advised to work from home.
The workers confirmed that NCA has been facing financial challenges for the past year and was failing to pay them on time.
NCA has at least 20 workers at its remaining offices countrywide.
“The organisation has been facing financial difficulties for quite some time now and a fortnight ago all employees at the headquarters at Bumbiro House were sent on forced leave.
“The organisation has been struggling to pay us in the past two years with most donors preferring to support the writing of the new Constitution led by the Parliamentary Select Committee,” one of the workers said yesterday.
NCA chairman Professor Lovemore Madhuku confirmed that they had
Youths must spearhead economic development
Agriculture ReporterYOUTHS have the potential to contribute to national social and economic development and must be placed at the forefront of economic revival, a Cabinet minister has said. In a speech read on his behalf by Mashonaland Central Governor and Resident
Mozambicans encroach onto Zim farming lands
Herald ReporterSOME Mozambicans living close to the border along the Gonarezhou National Park are straying into Zimbabwean land as they search for better soils and trees that produce njemani beer. Chief Willie Sengwe implored Government to act swiftly to avert a
Govt urged to work towards MDGs
Herald ReportersTHE World Health Organisation has urged Government to accelerate efforts towards the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals if it is to achieve set and agreed global health targets by the year 2015. Speaking at the first of the five
10-year-old girl goes missing
Herald ReporterA Chitungwiza family is looking for its 10-year-old daughter who went missing on Monday. Tanyaradza Juma, a Grade Six pupil at Dudzai Primary School, was last seen at a borehole close to her parent’s house, Number 12207 Chimoio Street in Zengeza
China donates 85 vehicles
Herald Reporter
CHINA yesterday donated 85 vehicles to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs — 45 buses and 40 executive MG6 saloons — to ensure